# NTSB SEA64A0032: Douglas DC-3, N2025A, Kalispell, MT, December 11, 1963

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 11, 1963
- Place: Kalispell, MT · KALISPELL, MT
- Location: 48.2162° N, 114.3276° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kalispell, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2162&lon=-114.3276&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 7, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111556
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA64A0032
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA64A0032

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0068  63/12/11   KALISPELL,MONT      DOUGLAS DC-3        CR-  0  0  3  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1535                    N2025A              PX-  0  0  3                            37, 11740 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            9765 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FLATHEAD COUNTY
        OPERATOR - WEST COAST AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           COPILOT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
           COPILOT - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
        REMARKS- LEFT WING TIP STRUCK RNWY. SUCCESSFUL GO AROUND AND LNDG ACCOMPLISHED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2025A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2025A-1997-02-03), registration cancelled 1997-02-03, S/N 17108 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-3
- Registry model: [Douglas DC3C](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc3c) (registry code 3021457) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Flathead County

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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